Pattern No: 8814
| Pattern Name | Design Type | Designer | Likely Design Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not known | Lustre - silver | Not known | 1930 |
Notes
The 363mm/14¼” dia plate has the three marks on the reverse as shown in the image extract: pattern number 8814, Pharaoh’s Boat backstamp R1 and a paintress’ personal mark, perhaps an entwined C and H. The covered ginger jar, 110mm/7¼” dia, is the same pattern, though with yellow highlights rather than blue. This jar has a 1st Galleon backstamp B1, the same paintress mark, but no pattern number.
Two points are worthy of comment:
● The footring is not painted on the plate, a practice commonplace on Gray’s large lustre plaques and therefore expected here;
● The design is characteristic of Susie Cooper’s work but the number suggests that it is too late in the estimated pattern sequences to be attributable to her – and the unidentified paintress’ mark is not known to be one of hers.
Whoever the paintress was (and it was almost certainly a woman), these two pots, together with the few others carrying the same mark that have been recorded, suggest a highly accomplished decorator.
Two points are worthy of comment:
● The footring is not painted on the plate, a practice commonplace on Gray’s large lustre plaques and therefore expected here;
● The design is characteristic of Susie Cooper’s work but the number suggests that it is too late in the estimated pattern sequences to be attributable to her – and the unidentified paintress’ mark is not known to be one of hers.
Whoever the paintress was (and it was almost certainly a woman), these two pots, together with the few others carrying the same mark that have been recorded, suggest a highly accomplished decorator.
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